SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING LOAD OPTIMIZATION OF MEDICATIONS IN AN ELECTRONIC MEDICATION STORAGE CABINET

An electronic medication storage cabinet includes a plurality of drawers configured with a plurality of sensors arranged to identify a positioning of storage pockets within the drawers. Upon receiving an indication of a new medicine container to be loaded in the cabinet, a sequence of steps to load...

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Hauptverfasser: TRIBBLE, Dennis A, WOODWARD, Crystal, URBANSKI, Christopher, SWENSON, David D, CUESTA DE PABLO, Francisco Jose
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Sprache:eng ; fre ; ger
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Zusammenfassung:An electronic medication storage cabinet includes a plurality of drawers configured with a plurality of sensors arranged to identify a positioning of storage pockets within the drawers. Upon receiving an indication of a new medicine container to be loaded in the cabinet, a sequence of steps to load the medicine container into the cabinet is generated based on a mapping algorithm. A first step is displayed on a display the cabinet, and a determination is made as to whether the first step is associated with one of the plurality of drawers. In response to determining that the first step is associated with one of the plurality of drawers, the drawer is automatically unlocked. In response to determining that the first step is successfully completed, a determination of whether execution of any additional steps is pending and indicated on the display.